Kristin Hardy

Kristin M. Hardy, Ph.D.

Education

B.S., Tulane University (Neuroscience)
Ph.D., University of North Carolina Wilmington (Marine Biology)
Postdoc, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina (Environmental Physiology)

Research Interests

Environmental physiology of marine invertebrates

Metabolic effects of intracellular and environmental hypoxia

Molecular and physiological adaptations to stress in crustaceans

Comparative muscle physiology and energetics

Evolution of behavior in crustaceans

Advising Interests

Environmental physiology

Metabolism and energetics

Stress physiology in invertebrates

Comparative muscle physiology

Evolutionary physiology

Research

My research is focused on the physiological acclimations and evolutionary adaptations of marine invertebrates (particularly crustaceans) to changing environmental conditions. I approach these topics from an inherently integrative and comparative angle by examining the effects of environmental stress at the cellular, tissue, and organismal levels - often across a number of species. In particular, my efforts are focused on the consequences of low dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) and elevated carbon dioxide (hypercapnia) on muscle physiology, metabolism, growth and behavior.